About the Blogger

I grew up in VERY rural Alabama where I lived and went to school for 19 years.  After one very interesting and unfortunately short-lived year at the University of Alabama, I joined the Army and learned to jump out of airplanes.  I was stationed in Alaska for 3 years where I met the future ex-Mrs. Barnes.  We got married, because I am a sadist, and moved to Europe for seven years.  While we lived there I came to the realization that she is Satan's slightly more evil sister.  I was deployed a couple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and got to visit several countries.  I loved being there and had a lot of fun with the wonderful food and beautiful landscape.  After returning to Alaska now with two boys and one less wife I found a great house with three cool roommates.  Then one of them moved out and another moved in, completely throwing off the balance of the house. I see my boys a few times a week and we love hiking, sledding, fishing and doing all the fun stuff that a Dad and his sons can do in the beautiful state of Alaska.